Weighing it up

Container

Source: Bari Bookout

Felicity Landon considers the impact of the new container weight verification requirements on ports.

Assuming final confirmation from the International Maritime Organization’s Maritime Safety Committee in November this year, a new amendment to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention is due to enter into force in July 2016. Half a century after containerisation first emerged in the world of shipping, regulations will – at last – require the weight of containers to be verified.

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